March 22 Daily Devotional

Bible Verse

"...one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all" (Ephesians 4:6).

Devotional

All who? The one church of God. One covenant God and Father unites his one family in heaven and in earth. They are one in his choice, one in his purpose, one in his covenant, one in his heart. The same will chose them. The same affection loved them. The same decree predestinated them. They are one in him!

Blessed truth! "One God and Father." Behold them gathering together around the mercy-seat. They come from various parts of the world. They speak different languages. They express opposite feelings. They unfold needs and sorrows. Yet listen! They all address him as "Our Father." Every heart bows in love to him. Every heart is fixed in faith upon him. And every tongue breathes the lofty, and endearing, and holy name of "Abba, Father."

There, in the glowing light amidst which the throne of mercy stands, all sectarian feeling dies, all denominational distinction is lost, and Christians of every name meet, and embrace, and love as brethren. Holy thought! One God loves all, and protects all; one Father pities all, supplies all, bears with all, and, with an impartial affection, binds all together and alike in his heart.

1 How excellent a thing it is,
how pleasant and how good,
when brethren dwell in unity
and live as brethren should!

2 For it is like the precious oil,
poured out on Aaron's head,
that, running over, down his beard,
upon his collar spread.

3 Like Hermon's dew, upon the hill
of Zion it descends.
The LORD bestows his blessing there—
the life that never ends.

(Psalm 133, Sing Psalms, 2003)

Be sure to read the Preface by Octavius Winslow and A Note from the Editor by Larry E. Wilson.

Larry Wilson is an ordained minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. In addition to having served as the General Secretary of the Committee on Christian Education of the OPC (2000–2004) and having written a number of articles and booklets (such as God's Words for Worship and Why Does the OPC Baptize Infants) for New Horizons and elsewhere, he has pastored OPC churches in Minnesota, Indiana, and Ohio. We are grateful to him for his editing of Morning Thoughts, the OPC Daily Devotional for 2025.